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I wish I could say Andrew, but it's business/security sensitive, so I can't...sorry. You will get a letter before the card swap to advise it's on it's way..

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You are correct, Mobes :)

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What has VM done with MAGIC 105.4 in London, they have taken it off again. argh.

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any news on any more HD channels coming

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Is okay here Arthur. ex ntl surrey/berks/hants border covered by london.
Tried rebooting or calling virgin?

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All known info, as usual, is in the first post.

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Update: E4 +1 on Ex-Telewest.

I have been told by an M TV package subscriber that E4 +1 has always been they pack on Ex-Telewest from Basildon headend.

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An Virgin Media worker has pm me today to tell me that Virgin Media moved E4 +1 onto the M package in Ex-Telewest areas in August 2009.

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Hi all, 1st post on here, was recommended by a friend that this is a great forum to post all cable related stuff.

As i have been browsing the site for the last day, does anyone know of ITV HD will be avalible to Virgin customers by the time the World Cup arrives (June).

thanks in advance

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This isnt confirmed but mostly likely to come in 2nd half the year with a lot of other hd channels and should be in time for world cup, once anagolue is off then you wills ee more

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Just like andrew said when all the analouge if off and all the viewing cards are changed is where i excpect virgin to take off with more hd channels and things.

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From what l read on this forum, that VM have got a lot more channels coming onto the system, and that there is 999 appearing on some boxes, l have checked that l see that BBC1Scotland is coming also, IS this channel coming on the whole system or just for Scotland.

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everyone will get the same channels once the rollout of NGTV is complete.... The BBC Nations will be in the 800's.

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I would imagine BBC One Scotland is already available in Scotland :D

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Any idea if the Food Network will be coming to virgin?

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Any news on the non BBC Branded channels - as listed in post one coming or being removed after NGTV?

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BBC One Scotland is broadcast on Channel 101 in all Scottish areas of Virgin TV as well as Channel 862 in Ex-ntl areas.

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No news yet.

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Signed up today as this site is such a useful source of information, mainly down to Media Boy so thank you for your hardwork and constant updates.

One quick question that has no doubt already been answered - what are the chances of Virgin Media getting Sky Sports HD? ESPN HD has wet my appetite but don't want to join Sky to get Sky Sports HD if there is feint possibility Virgin may get the rights.

Media Boy - Do you have a twitter account for all the latest updates?

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Nothing that I've been told MB...will keep my ears open :)

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Did you not die last year???

But joking aside I have no news on Sky Sports HD coming anytime soon - see post one for all the listed I have got.

I have no plans to launch an twitter account but I do run blogs try the following blogs:

1) See My Virgin TV Blog @ http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com/
See latest on Virgin TV's Analogue switch off - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/10...-schedule.html

2) See latest Virgin TV channel lineup @ http://virgintvlineup.blogspot.com/

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I don't know what is happening, but l wanted to listen to Magic 105.4 London, and again it has been taken off WHY?:)

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Has BBC News Multiscreen launch on the red button on BBC News yet in Ex-ntl or Ex-CW areas yet?

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No yet here!

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By the sounds of it, it has only launched on the Bromley side of the network. Digital Fantastic seemed to suggest it would hit Langley areas by the end of January/beginning of February :)

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I think Bromley is old CW network.

Can anyone outside London view BBC News Multiscreen on their red button on BBC News.

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Not yet available in Norwich (Bromley Platform).

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Bromley is another way of saying ex-CWC. So that is ALL areas once covered by Cable & Wireless, not just that area of London.

But given ncfc1902's comment, it must be selected areas.

Thinking about it, I remember reading it was connected to the rollout of NGTV...

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I have yet to get the News Multiscreen and I am on the Bromley Ex C&W network so they mustn't have rolled out the NGTV platform in my area yet. We shall just have to see what happens....

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MB,

I can confirm that BBC News multiscreen is available via red button here in York.

Duke

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I think when viewers in Ex-ntl or Ex-C&W get BBC Radio 4 LW they will also get BBC Radio London and BBC News Multiscreen.

I know that some Ex-C&W viewers in London and Ex-ntl viewers in York have got them.

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Can you post when Virgin Media remove the channel numbers - They will do that on Monday I think.

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Can you give the complete date/month for NGTV in all areas?

(PM me if you want)

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MB i will post when they remove the channels numbers for you.

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I have been thinking about this - I think an extra channel is the sign telling you that your local BBC Radio Channel has been removed.

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MB

Ex-Telewest in Sheffield

Now have BBC England/Scotland/Wales etc
Radio Sheffield moved to 929 from 930 - Showing as no longer broadcasting.
Also now get BBC Radio London

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no news multiscreen in Derby yet although box updated the other night and software version on box is now 4.0.14.1_UK4_P12A (this is a SA v+)

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also does anyone have any idea when we will be able to watch news from other regions. you know like on gmtv when it cuts to your regional area but sometimes if theres a problem you end up with the london news and info about central london, i would actually kind of like to watch the london news. or the midlands news. Its amazing how unaware we actually are of things that are happeneing in other areas. In fact the only time i find out is through googlenews.

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You've already got the London version of ITV1 on channel 853, and have either got or will be getting the national BBC1s from 861 upwards. I don't know of any plans to make the full set of regions available to everyone.

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I can also confirm that BBC News Multiscreen, together with Radio 4 LW and BBC London is available in Bexleyheath (ex C/W)

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Radio channel numbers for SHEFFIELD and LEEDS have been removed from the EPG . Still not got the other channels just yet !

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Thanks for info.

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Thanks for update.

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Can anyone from Sheffield area tell me if Virgin Media has also launch BBC One England, BBC One Scotland, BBC One Wales, BBC One Ireland and BBC Two England from Channel 861 on the Ex-Telewest (In Sheffield)

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This weeks update now online - with added information - see post one.

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Any of the following channels been axe today on Virgin TV?

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DF can you be able to find out what channel are goign and what are staying? and what there new number will be saves keep checking for media boy

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Just seen thisover on Media Week :

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/9781...-channels-CRR/

So we might be getting these soon?

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will Racing UK return to the XL package any time soon.

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Thanks for that ITV update.

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Nope.

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:(

I miss my horse racing on Racing UK

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This weeks list of Football games LIVE on Virgin Media now online @ http://footballonvirgintv.blogspot.c...k-january.html

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So its looking good for ITV HD becoming simulcast then.

Duke

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Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media updates more areas.

I have seen information that Virgin Media are set to downloads new channels to boxes in PORTSMOUTH, BARNSLEY and POOLE on the 20th and 21st of January.

NOTE: Channels may appear the few days after downloads has happen:

Barnsley (ExTelewest) will see:

EPG - Channel Name
861 - BBC One England
862 - BBC One Scotland
863 - BBC One Northern Ireland
864 - BBC One Wales
865 - BBC Two England
930 - BBC Radio Scotland
931 - BBC Radio Wales
932 - BBC Radio Ulster
934 - BBC Radio nan GÃ*idheal
936 - BBC Radio Cymru
937 - BBC London 94.9

Portsmouth and Poole (ExNTL) will see:

EPG - Channel Name
911 - BBC Radio 4 LW
937 - BBC London 94.9
Plus BBC News Mutilscreen will launch.

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Have these areas had the new cards yet?.

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Will let you know when this happens MB !

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Not as far as I know.

But I do know that Virgin Media are working on headends and after the upgrades has been done the missing BBC Channels will launch on that headend.

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Mediaboy

Gosport (Portsmouth) update: BBC News Multiscreen has launched along with Channels 911 and 937
Also we have not received our new cards as off yet..

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We have not had the cards yet .

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Thanks for telling me.

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Setanta Sports UK fall out: IPL maybe Internet only.

IPL Cricket may not be shown this year on UK Telly.

http://setantasportsuknews.blogspot....-shown-on.html

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Must admit I'd be disappointed if this happens. A shame ESPN didn't snap it up, they could do with some cricket.

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Mb these channels have appered in Barnsley ! But there seems to be something strane as the total channels have jumped by 20 (from 298 to 328) so i will try and see what else has been added for you :D

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dont want to sound rude but 328 - 298 = 30 not 20 is something good coming:) or am i just wishing

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I stand corrected i had just got up .

v+ box 298 - 328
v box 292 - 312

S it seems more on the v+ box so i still have no idea over the extra channels .

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Is this the 20 - 30HD channels?? Hmmmm, pure speculation though lol

Duke

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I highly doubt it, we'd have heard something about this by now, and I also doubt Barnsley would be the first place to receive them.

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Thanks for update.

I know that BBC Radio has been added to your area but can you tell me if the following BBC Channels has appeared:

861. BBC One England
862. BBC One Scotland
863. BBC One Northern Ireland
864. BBC One Wales
865. BBC Two England

I do not know why Virgin Media has added up to 30 Channels on your total channels for I can only count 17 Channels that Ex-Telewest are missing out on - see post one for channels names.

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Yes they have appered !

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been added in keighley ex telewest came at 12:30 am this morning

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Virgin Media to broadcast ''ESPN Free Weekend''.

Virgin Media are to put ESPN and ESPN HD* onto the M Package from Friday until Monday.

ESPN is on Virgin Channel 529,
ESPN HD is on Virgin Channel 530 (*V+ Viewers only).

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I was under the impression from what l have read on this forum, that everything is sorted, every customer from TW/NTL etc will have the same channel line up, but why can't we have the SAME channels up and down the network.

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From what I can gather (and this is purely guesswork as your post makes next to no sense) you're saying that you thought that once everything was sorted (as in, the networks were combined and bought into sync) we'd all have the same channel line up? And yet are asking why we can't have the same channels? I think you've answered your own question, everything hasn't been sorted yet. Some areas are still taking feeds from different places which have different channels available.

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Any of the following channels been axe on Virgin TV?

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Is there any idea around when this will be sorted?

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As I reported earlier in the week, it'll be available on all digital TV providers, including Freeview, no Top Up TV required.

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BBC Radio WM
&
BBC Radio Shropshire
both still available here.

Telford area, Ex-TW

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these extra channels have turned up in poole plus TS has increased to 33 from 32

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I was thinking about in thw UK that Virgin Media will update one of their headend next:

I was think that Virgin was starting in London and working their way up to Dundee but Barnsley and York are in Mid-England so I still cant work out how Virgin Media are updating their headends.

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Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to end Local Radio in April.

Virgin Media are to axe the Following BBC Radio Channels on the following dates:

February:
4th: BBC Radio Cleveland - Gateshead (North East)
4th: BBC Radio Newcastle - Gateshead (North East)

March:
18th. BBC Essex - Basildon
18th. BBC Radio Kent - Basildon
24th. BBC Radio Bristol - Bristol (Aztec)
24th. BBC Radio Gloucester - Bristol (Aztec)
25th. BBC Devon - Newton Abbot (Eurobell W)
31st. BBC Radio Shropshire - Birmingham
31st. BBC Radio West Midlands - Birmingham

April:
1st. BBC Radio Shopshire - Wolverhampton(Midlands)
1st. BBC Radio West Midlands - Wolverhampton (Midlands)
6th. BBC Radio Lancashire - Preston
6th. BBC Radio Merseyside - Liverpool

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What is their justification for deleting these stations?

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Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to launch Magic and Kiss Radio on Virgin Media in all areas.

As well as adding the Missing BBC Branded channels to Ex-Telewest I have today been told that Virgin Media are also added Magic 105.4 (Channel 928) and Kiss 100 (Channel 963).

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MB i think that you have just answered your own question there ?

When we had BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD AND LEEDS removed we got the BBC branded channels .

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From what I understand it's not a question of deleting them, but it's to do with the platform upgrades.

From what I understand (and I'm happy to be corrected here) when the networks are combined there will only be one super head end, and all channels will be taken into the network there. If it's not available there we won't get it. So local radio stations that they can't get a feed for outside the local area won't be able to be carried.

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You are correct :cool:

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So the obvious follow up question is, is this just temporary until the complete process is completed as it's pretty trivial to inject channels into a cable stream at the regional level?

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Possibly

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any idea when wolverhampton is going to be done

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Virgin will stop broadcasting your local Radio channels on April 1st.

Then remove them on or just after April 8th.

Then all the missing BBC Channels as well as Magic 105.4 and Kiss Radio will launch after that date.

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So why are Virgin removing local radio stations? Is it to make room for HD or other new channels? Or does nobody listen to them?

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All the local Radio channels that Virgin Media are remove do not broadcast on any other network (Sky and Freesat).

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and also -

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Will this be in time for the new Virgin TiVo and IPTV?
If so this will mean 2011? or earlier?

Looks good for Virgin in the future ;)

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Will probably appear to be an April Fool's joke to some people ;)

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They will not be able to do the iptv till all the upgrades are done

Can understand this but as MB has posted on the first post and also the old thread all anolouge will be switched by the end of April!

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Is this happening to the TV channels too? ITV1 currently on VM is of good quality compared to the satellite version, does this mean we will get stuck with the inferior satellite ITV1?

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Any new channels or moves for us here in Macclesfield?

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The following channels will soon appear in your area:

EPG - Channel Name
911 - BBC Radio 4 LW
937 - BBC London 94.9

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i hope ESPN do get the rights to broadcast NASCAR live. it will look awesome in HD. i got so sick of five`s poor highlights this year that i missed most of what went on in 2009.

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This might be a sill question but what is NASCAR ?

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Haha NASCAR, reminds me of the film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby :D

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considering NASCAR was the racing series it was based on it should remind you of Talladega nights lol.

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cant belive virgin are pulling local BBC radio stations

why would yorkshire folk wanna listen to welsh , scots and irish dribble plus london moaning over an inch of snow.

any news on them returning or are they gone for good.

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It sounds like they're gone for good.

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mahority of radio station can be listen to online or through dab , poepl say they want more channels but aint willing to give up sometihng small, as the amount of users listen to local radio station will be low, they remove my local ones but i aint ocmplaining i jsut listen online or through dab

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totally agree if i want to listen to a radio station i use a radio not my V+ box.

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It's not through wanting to get rid of them.. they just can't get them in them in Langley.